Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:23:44 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Gorm Jorgensen <Gorm@Area51.DK> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha CPU Performance vs i386 Message-ID: <20020514222344.A2915@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020514201923.GK37326@Area51.DK>; from Gorm@Area51.DK on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 10:19:23PM %2B0200 References: <20020514201923.GK37326@Area51.DK>
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On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 10:19:23PM +0200, Gorm Jorgensen wrote: > > I can't seem to find any specs on how an Alpha 500 MHz is performing vs an > Intel 500MHz. > > Is Alpha faster, slower or generally the same ? FP faster, integer is ?? Alpha is really sensitive to compiler optimizer quality. Compaq ccc (for Linux but usable under FreeBSD is reported to create much faster code then gcc. I have not tried this myself. In general: lots of YMMV here. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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